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J. MOLOUGHLIN.

GUT TOY FIGURE.

N0. 397,302. Patentd Feb. 5,1889..

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UNTTED s STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN MCLOUGHLIN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

CUT TOY FIGURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,302, dated February 5, 1889.

Application filed August, 29, 1888. Serial No. 284,058. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN MULOUGHLIN, a citizen oi' the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cut Toy Figures, of which the followingis a specification., l

illy invention relates to ligures cut from stift' paper or like material in the nature of toys for the amusement of children. Such iigures, which usually represent objects, as men, women, animals, die., are ordinarily printed on stit'f paper, plain or in colors, and then trimmed about their outline, so as to .remove all the surplus paper and leave only the iigure. In order to canse the flat figure to stand erect extraneous and other means have been employed, all of which have been more or less troublesome to apply and inefficient, so far as I am aware.

The object of my invention is to provide a base or flat support for the object to maintain it in an erect position, which support shall be integral with the object, all as will be more fully explained hereinafter.

In the drawings, which serve to illustrate my invention, Fi gn re l. represents as an object the figure of a child embodying inyinvention. This view shows the figure in the tlatas printed with all the surplus paper cut away up to the outline ot' the tigure. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the integral support for the object folded down flat, so as to 'form a broad base to maintain the object in an erect position. Fig. 3 is an edge view of the iignre, a front view ot' which is seen in Fig. 2; and Fig. +L is a plan of the same. Fig. 5 shows as an object the figure oi a horse in elevation, and Fig. (j is a plan of same. These two views illustrate my invention as embodied in the .iigure of a quadruped.

In all of the views, (l represents the body of the object, b the legs, and c the feet. This object is printed, by preference, on stiit paper or card-board, and about the feet and legs will be printed a ground, which may repre# sent a carpet, turf, pavement, die. This ground d may be ot any convenient contour and area; but for reasons that will appear the feet of the obj eet should be situated about the middle of it, as represented in Fig. l. The paper is slitted or cut through down along the outlines of the legs and feet, leaving only the soles or bottoms of the i'ect attached to the ground d.. It is only necessary, then, in order to convert the part d into a support for the object to bend the paper along the lines of attachment at the bottoms ofthe feet until the ground d stands with its tace at right angles to that of the object, as seen in Figs. 2, 3, and 4. The object will then be provided with an ample flat base. The reason for arranging the feet of the object to stand near the middle of the width of the ground or base will now be apparent. This arrangement provides an extended support for the object in all directions. In providing a support or base for a quadruped (see Figs. 5 and 6) the principle is precisely the same as that described. As the base, ground, or part d is to be turned down until its upper face stands in a plane at right angles tothe plane of the object, the iigures or design, if any, printed on this ground should be drawn in elevation rather than in l persiiective. In order to make the object stand properly erect, the points ot attachment to the base (it more than. one) should be substantially on the saine level. Trees or other inanimate objects may be represented as well as livingI objects, and more than one object may have a ground or support, d, in common.

It will be seen that the characteristic feature oll my toy ligure is this, in printing or drawing the object and its ground the legs orv lower parts of the object are extended down into the ground to an equal extent, and usually to about the middle of the same. Then when the legs are freed, by slitting the paper along their outlines and the object and ground are bent to stand at right angles, as seen in Fig. 3, the ground will .extend back of the object, as at x in Figs. 3 and 4, and thus provide a support for same at the back, as well as at the front side thereof. lVhen the object has two or more feet, it is not essential that all shall remain attached to the ground d. For example, a horse may have lone or two feet raised up, in which case these feet may be cut free from the ground. It is only neces- IOO Sary that enough of ivlio object shall bo loft tho like, ooinprising tho object roprosonijlod miuolrod fo Suppcnt i1; sind lioldit erect. and :L ground, ns both in ono picco, #llo Having illus dosoriliod nly invontion, I lower pnrtor log` ol illo objoot oxtondingint'o (duimilio ground, :1nd tllo ground out izllrougll along 2o 5 l. A on [1 foy igu'ro nmdo Iroinstill popul' or tho outlinos of 111m paris o' tillo olijoris LlmftA illo like, (Ifonlprising tllo olrjooi', rrilwosoniiotl oxiond inro i1", and Illio ground lnwing prniml sind n ground, as d, both in ono pioco,1ulio or nnlrlod on it n dosign in Olovniiiion, :1S dolowor part or logs` o'fi' ivllo object extending Soribod. ini'o tllo ground, and illo ground out through In witnoSs whorool l lnwo lioronnto signod 25 Io :Llong illlo mLTlinoS oli' the logs, So ns To fro@ my nmno in 11m prorwnoo oi 'two snllsvrlring Thon), \\'li0rol) tho ol )jock and lili@ ground muy \\'ii,no, os. Y

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